10 Doomsday scenarios

[Tartar Horde]

Mother nature for me still holds the greatest overall threat. I think a new virus has the very real potential of creating classic "Black Death" numbers of mortality. Mortality rates are "accepted" to be be around 45%, although some studies show the rate as high as 60%. Given a population of around 6 million in the UK in the 14C you end up with around 2.7 Million dead at 45% and 3.6Million at the higher mortality rates. Current Uk population is around 56.1million although again precise figures are not available. A new virus with the same virility has the potential to kill nearly 34million people in the UK, and I think we all agree that is some scary shit